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“After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World” is a book by author Dilip Hiro in which he explores the waning of US influence across the globe and the reasons for it.

Dilip Hiro has shared with RT his views on recent US history. The author believes there is an exact date for the beginning of the American decline – the invasion of Iraq.

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raaj February 12, 2010, 07:09

This one is for faith: you said it man! I don't know, how far away it is from the truth, but it seems to me quite near to the truth. from raaj joshi

Nathan February 08, 2010, 15:16

congrats faith, you must be american citizen. a dangerous combination of weapons self esteem and bad education- that is all USA has to offer..

faith January 29, 2010, 23:30

Anyone who feels like messing with America will just be awakening a sleeping giant. Dont be fooled, mother America will always be a super power. Its citizens are armed as well as the military, so in all actuality America has a 200 million man army at the least.

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